advent-of-code/2024/day1/part1.py

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from pathlib import Path
def get_ordered_lists(data_file: Path) -> tuple[list[int], list[int]]:
list1 = list()
list2 = list()
for line in data_file.open():
numbers = line.strip().split(" ")
list1.append(int(numbers[0]))
list2.append(int(numbers[1]))
return sorted(list1), sorted(list2)
def compute_distance(list1, list2) -> int:
return sum([abs(item2 - item1) for item1, item2 in zip(list1, list2)])
def main():
file = Path(__file__).parent / "input-data"
list1, list2 = get_ordered_lists(file)
print(compute_distance(list1, list2))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()